Close 主厨Colleen Wong Nanno Director of Culinary Arts 烹饪艺术与酒店管理系

As Culinary Arts Program Director at Pasadena City College, I have been teaching in 在来PCC之前，我在大学部门工作了13年以上.  我有机会教书 at Cal Poly Pomona (also my Alma Mater), Art Institute of California Hollywood, and 长滩城市学院.  我在酒店行业工作了23年以上 多年来，我享受着每一分钟.  对我来说，离开是一个很容易的决定 into this industry, but I later learned that teaching this art is where my passion really lies.  在这个行业工作多年，并在 Cal Poly Pomona (Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management), The Culinary Institute of America (Associates of Science in Culinary Arts), and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Masters in Hospitality Administration), I have had the pleasure of working in restaurants, bakeries, hotels, convention centers, owned a catering business and consulted for Plant-Based Cooking Classes for Kaiser Permanente. I am 很荣幸把PCC称为我的家外之家. 

The success of each student is extremely important to me, I try my best to get to know my students well and understand that all of you have lives outside of school.  I have had the opportunity to have students call me strict but fair, funny and relatable, understanding of students but not at the sacrifice of lowering expectations.  I am 她是一位母亲，完全理解生活与工作之间的平衡.  Please know that open communication with me is always the best, you can always send me a message, or make 约个时间，我们可以联系，想办法帮你成功!

Close Mark Keene酒店总监 烹饪艺术与酒店管理系

Highlight: Earn academic credit from a curriculum designed by the only California Community 学院酒店及旅游管理(HTM)讲师(Dr. M. Keene) who has earned a doctorate in philosophy from the highest-rated American academic institution (UniveristyHQ, 2023; Khan, A., Lee, S., and Park, K., 2013)

Basics: ¡Buenas! My name is Mark Mark Keene (KEE-nah) and my personal pronouns are he, his, and él. I am married to Dr. Bryan C. 并收养了两个孩子. I am a first-iteration college student, the 酒店总监 for the CAHM (烹饪艺术与款待 Management) Department, and an assistant professor in the Business Division. I began at PCC in Fall 2019.  
Education and Industry Experience: I spent half a decade in seven heart-of-the-house 沃尔夫冈·帕克等厨师手下的职位. 我很快发现，领导力、服务、 management, and operations ignited my passion to exceed guest expectations and transitioned to the front-of-house after completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts from Whitter College, California, with concentrations in Studio Art and History of Art.

One-half of my 20-year-long industry career was earned at The Disneyland Resort in 加州阿纳海姆，在33号俱乐部这样的餐厅. 我开始在缅因街咖啡馆工作 over a dozen positions from host to sommelier to company trainer across both theme parks―and finished at the luxury restaurant in Disney’s California Adventure by Robert 蒙达维，名为葡萄园房. 同时，我获得了四个行业头衔:认证 Sommelier, Certified Specialist of Spirits, Certified Wedding Planner, and Certified Cicerone®.

I was raised in San Diego, live in Riverside, have remained on the West Coast, and pursued a decade of luxury experience with companies such as The Ritz Carlton and 继迪斯尼之后的《最靠谱的十大棋牌游戏》. 在我获得科学硕士学位之后 Hospitality Management from Collins College, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, I was inspired to return my zeal for hospitality to students as a professor. I completed my industry career serving in management positions at 678 (a private entity with three restaurant-bar-night club outlets), Patina Hospitality Group, and two upscale steakhouses. 之后，我获得了酒店和酒店管理的哲学博士学位 印第安纳州西拉斐特普渡大学旅游管理专业毕业.

I am currently authoring three academic books on alcohol tasting, production, and service components through the lens of wine (Enologist), spirit (Alembicist), and 啤酒(Cervist)行业专家.
Call to Online Teaching: Online pedagogy is an opportunity to personalize knowledge, be sensitive to differences, promote equitable moments, and convey respect to all people. It allows me to reach a broader audience to teach the influence and benefits of equity, inclusion, gender diversity, and culturally responsive teaching in the 在线学习环境.

Call to Equity: I condemn the growing acts of violence and discrimination―stemming from continued colonialism and racism―that are perpetrated against historically marginalized groups 比如LGBTQ2SA+、黑人和亚裔社区. 很明显，尽管承认 of this concern by many advocates and world leaders, these despicable actions have 只是频率继续上升. 我承诺通过研究和 the work of unheard activists to instill values of diversity, multilingualism, and multiculturalism.

Hobbies: 昆虫学，担任潜水大师，和飞蝇钓鱼.